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Topic: The Everest 1200m - Sydney 14/10 (Read 26058 times)

Nothing like making wild and outlandish comments ! "In the mainsteam (whatever that is) there is no issue ". Who said ? "He is highly respected and receives plaudits from all and sundry " Does that mean Messara and his business partner , the clown on talkback. And your character reference for all this is that grubby Melbourne property developer who has been thumbing his nose at the Rules of Racing for so long now that their "Integrity Department " doesn't have the balls to insist he obeys the rules like everyone else.

As far as the Everest is concerned it has cost Racing NSW virtually nothing and last year's edition was the highest betting race

apart from the Melbourne Cup for NSW .

With participants required to commit for 3 years a year with a dominant horse will make no difference and also place moneygives a profit there as well.

It was a sensational idea and I'm surprised another racing jurisdiction around the country hasn't moved on the idea yet.

It received widespread mainstream media coverage and that would have contributed to the high betting figures.

As for the criticism pre-race that the MRC was somehow being snubbed I'd be very surprised if their betting figures weren't up as well and Everest day looks like it will morph into one of the biggest days on the Australian Racing calendar with the MRC right in the thick of it without having to do a thing.